By COLive reporter
Jewish music legend Mordechai Ben David recently walked off the stage during a performance in Israel when a person in the crowd refused to stop smoking.
“Either you leave or I leave,” MBD was heard telling the frum young audience member in a video clip posted to Twitter by the Hebrew news website ch10.co.il.
Video: MBD asks an audience member to stop smoking
When the youngster ignored the request, the music star stopped his singing and went backstage, leaving the crowd in shock.
Dovid Chacham of the Kol Chai radio station, who was present, said MBD has requested the youngster stop smoking in his presence “two maybe three times.”
“Those that smoked disrespected the singer and the organizer of the event,” Chacham said but added that “for a singer to leave is an insult to the organizer who booked him and paid him in full… This was something that should not have been done on the part of Ben David.”
Yehuda Glick, a former member of the Israeli Knesset known for his legislation against public smoking, expressed his support for MBD. “Well done,” he wrote. “No one has the right to kill his surroundings!”
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כשגדול הזמר החסידי, מרדכי בן דוד,
עוזב מופע בגלל…בחור שמתעקש לעשן! pic.twitter.com/8Z1Nx7JZJl— חרדים10 (@charedim10) July 20, 2019
And has given of himself and his talents to so many over the years!! This was mishandled by the organizers – NOT by MBD. The organizers should have backed up their star & gone into the audience and dealt directly with this selfish kid. BTW, this punk is EXACTLY the type of self-absorbed, rude personality that every parent should protect their daughters from when it comes to shidduchim. He owes MBD a big apology – but this type never apologizes.
Spiteful Generation; Im Sure The Smoker Is Still Wondering What He Did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TOTALLY AGREE.
The organizers are just worried for the money…..
Way to go MBD.
MBD was right.
Second hand smoke kills.
The young smoker is responsible and he should be reprimanded.
Find me one record of a person who has ever died from second hand smoke. Don’t believe everything you read
There are numerous documented cases of people getting lung cancer from second hand smoke. “Find me one person?” Google it yourself Mr. Doe.
Google is not a good source for any medical proof. EVER. And just because a case has been “documented” it doesn’t mean it’s legitimate. Before you reprimand someone, make sure you know what you’re talking about. And since you’re so sure you have all the answers, provide a legitimate article. Go ahead…
According to what you’re saying, you can’t believe anything. Ever.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that breathing in smoke can do serious damage. Whether you take it right from the cigarette into hour lungs, wether you take it in when you breath in others’ smoke, whether you enter a hallway where people criwd the space and smoke up a storm. You are taking it in! Why is that so hard to understand? I get sick in any in these environments. There is a cumulative effect to many tixi Are you aware that people get sick or nidugedacht die from other forms of smoke inhalation? Smoke inhalation, even… Read more »
my breathing shuts down when exposed to smoking. Yes if hatzala is not here in time it could be fatal. this is most comon for me when I try davening in shull.
To John Doe: my oncologist could educate you on the subject. By the way, my cancer has been linked to second hand smoke so do a little more research please. And, I hope you never find in my situation.
As a singer, smoke is irritating to the throat/vocal chords/respiratory system – especially even more so when one is in their elder years…
Not only is it uncomfortable, but it also is an impediment to him performing (and thus has the potential to affect his contract/reputation/parnassa!).
And I wouldn’t title it he stormed out..
MBD was right!
organizers should’ve backed him and went into the crowd!
There is a high chance that everything went pretty fast and that there was not adequate time to respond before he walked off
The guy just ignored him!
Well said by Dovid Chacham but his missed the part that the smoker disrespected the audience members. I don’t know what the culture is there but I assume it’s not ok to smoke in a crowded place like that. MBD wasn’t standing up for himself or the organization he was doing it for the public audience. Security should have come in after the first warning.
The producer is claiming that MBD wasn’t professional!!!!!!
SAY WHAT!!!!!!
Mr. Producer was supposed to kick the guy out head first for smoking!!!!
Shame on you Mr Producer….
Kudos to MBD!!!!!!
If leaders of any form in our society will take a stand /and stand up for what is right -we will all be better off! Kids wants authority in a nice way …he asked twice and then left! A lesson was taught boruch hashem
If leading figures of our communities will stand up for what’s right we will be in a better place!
You have to take a stand and he did!
Though I smoke myself I think it’s important to respect others who don’t like it. This nitwit should have stopped if it bothered MBD. THE organizers should publicly apologize to MBD and to the audience for not getting this guy to stop.
everyone has different responsibilities, if he really cared for it to be dealt with properly, he should have called security to do their job, if you’re paid to do a concert, you don’t walk off the stage in middle, totally disrespectful to all the people who paid for their tickets, I would never buy a ticket to his concert after seeing this
Agreed
No? You dont like his music anymore? Or your afraid he’ll do it again when your there?
Didnt he come back to continue??
Wasn’t enough for security to respond? You’re right everyone has a different responsibility – and security dropped the ball on being responsive to the artist’s needs. That is, even if there was security which is an assumption you made. Mamash look at the desserts at the bottom of the video.
This was a simcha no doubt. I don’t recall security detail for simcha crowds/guests. … Maybe outside the simcha hall to guard the shul or ballroom.
Was this outdoors or indoors? Was it a violation of any stated concert rule or venue to smoke there? Answers to these would indicate whether the smoker violated any law or rule. Then there’s a general boundary issue – If I’m in a place where smoking is allowed and you’re next to me and are smoking, who is violating whose space when I ask you to stop because it’s unhealthy for me? Then there’s the boundary issue in this specific scenario. Say it was not prohibited to smoke, and you smoked, but if I wanted to enjoy the show for… Read more »
This is the second concert in 24 hours that he stormed out…
Where was the first one?
2nd hand smoke kills and there is something called 3rd hand smoke too. no one attending a concert should ever have ch”v medical issues for attending. u expect to enjoy in a safe environment